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been able to ascertain the names of any of the Officers who fell on this brilliant occasion. It is understood that the Usurper DOURJUNT SALL, and his son, had been made prisoners, and that BULWENT SINGH, son of the late Rajah, would be restored to his dominions. The ordnance, ammunition, and property of all de scriptions, in the fortress, fell into the hands of the British forces, and the booty is supposed to be im mense. Our Readers will remember, that we some time since expressed the most confident expectations, that the skill and gallantry of Lord COMBERMERE, and the ardour of the forces under his command, would prevail over all the difficulties of nature and art, which the almost impregnable fortress of Bhurtporc pre sented. Our expectations have been gloriously re alized. The operations before the place occupied scarcely six weeks. The Army took up its position only on the 10th December, the trenches were opened on the 25th, and on the 18th January, this proud fortress was carried by storm I The event is no less honourable to the General and the Army who have achieved this conquest, than important to the interests of our dominions in the East. Tranquillity will, we trust, now be soon restored, in all parts of that great empire. It is reported that the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace by the Burmese Monarch, has also reached this country. It is positively stated, that Lord COCHRANE is on his passage to the Mediterranean, to give his services to the Greeks. We have known for some time, that arrangements were making by his Lordship to assist that gallant people, not only with his personal services, but with various articles of essential importance in a warfare such as they are engaged in. The following extract from the German Mail, re ceived this morning, may be interesting to our Agri cultural readers : TRAIMYORY, MAY 15. The result seems to confirm the opinion that has been already expressed, that the modifications of the English Corn Laws would not have any sensible effect on the prim of grain in the south-east of Germany. Barley and Oats are indeed rising, but more from an increased demand for home consumption, than from the expectation of a greater demand from abroad. Rye Mill remains extremely low, and the advance in Wheat is not worth mentioning. It is affirmed besides in many quarters, that thou g h large quantities of wheat are really accumulated in the hands of some individuals, yet, on the whole, the amount is by no means likely to prove too large for the supply of the home markets ; that the depreciation of the prices of wheat doer not proceed from areal excess of the stock on band, so much as from the very great distress of the growers, who are eager to sell, in order to obtain the ready money, which they cannot do without. In the Dutch Ports, however, wheat had already risen ten florins per last. Yet, as we now learn, the stock in their ports is stated to be extremely l arge, so that even in case the bonded corn in England, which is now to be sold, should be speedily bought up, fresh supplies might be immediately sent from Holland. They also expected freak im portations from the Baltic, the arrival of which would be hastened by the news from England. We are not certain whether the House of Lords will adopt the second part of the Ministers proposal re- Pivoting the permission to allow the sale of 500,000 quarters *ore, • Should this b e decided, as it is hoped, some rise in the Iwities may take place in Holland, but it still remains doubtful Vrhether they will ever rise so much as to prove of advantage to our part of the' eoutinent, considering the great expentes of carriage fr Ora Mayence or other places on the Rhine. • 11.01114 ANXIL SO. It is observed as something singular that Count Lutzaw, the new Austrian Ambassador, who is now officially mentioned as such in the Court Calendar, is not yet arrived, though he was **Anted at the beginning of this year. Some say that the Count, who has hitherto been an Ambassador to the Court of Turin, will not come to Rome, but to go to St. Pe ters burgh, as successor to Count Lebeschern, and that the latter rappointed Ambassador to Rome. Well-informed persons, how "el', do not expect his speedy arrival. Much uneasiness is felt at the scarcity of water, which begins to be felt iu some parts of the Papal dominions. This is parti cularly the case at Senegaglia and Ancona, where several springs bec.arne dry last year, and still remain so, though it was hoped that they would re-appear during the last winter. The inhabi tants of those parts begin to be extremebely alarmed at this ci cuinstance. We yesterday gave an extract from the Etoile of Thursday, which reached us at a late hour, by_ ex- Pese ; there were at the same time received the Paris Papers of Wednesday. It appears that in its sitting of the . 23d, the Chamber of Deputies was still occupied in the consi deration of the Ministerial Budgets. Chapters 3,4, and 5, of the Budget of the Minister of Justice, were Ned and adopted. From these, it appears, that the capences of the Council of State, amount to about , 25 ,4201. s t er li ng . The salaries of the different officers employed in the administration of justice, to 497,0371. ; end the expences of Criminal and Correctional Justice, and of the Police, to 136,0001. The Chamber then proceeded to the consideration of the Budget of Foreign Affairs : and on the reading of the first chapter, the Minister, after having exculpated himself On the charge of lavish expenditure in his office, pro ceeded to defend the conduct of the French Govern ment in its foreign relations; more particularly with regard to Spain, Hayti, and Greece. olt i ll ," said he, !: a well known axiom, that there exists no error which "co net in some way partake of the nature of truth. This axiom admits of application to the discussion in which we are at present engaged ; almost the whole of our adversaries have come forward with the very prin ciples by which we are ourselves regulated—to approve that which We condemn—and condemn that which we approve : and it is thus, that in the name of monarchy and r e li g i on , t h ey criticise our conduct with regard to Spain, and in the name of humanity, our concessions to Hayti." He proceeds to exonerate himself on these charges with great force and ability. With regard to Spain he asserts that no single decree, no single regulation, can constitute the happiness of a nation; that the in fluence of salutary laws become s sensible only after a certain lapse of tune ; and 4 , thus," says he, " after that which Spain has endured, we must not expect to see lien at once and spontaneously recovering the rank which belongs to the extent of her resources, and to the elevated character of her population." In the course of the discussion arising out of Mona. de, VILLELE'S speech, Mons. de NOAILLES drew a roost affecting picture of the present state of Greece. lie asserted, that there were a t p r e sen t six ty thousand Chri s ti an capt i ves di str ib uted through Egypt, the Levant, at C ons t an ti nop l e , and Adrianople • and that, after the sacking of Chio, a Christian slave was to be purchased for the sum o f francs. In concluSion, he proposed that a sum of 300,000 francs should be added to. the bud ge t o f foreign affairs, t or the purpose of enabling Mi ms . d e •YILLELE, through the medium of the French Co nsu l s i n t h e Elk, to re-p urc ha se the said 60,000 Ch r i st i ans , at t he afere-mentioned sum of five francs a piece. The following extract is from the Courier Francais of Wednesday • 1.611111, 31.1.1 r 23. A letter which we received from Marseilles, May 16, mirk -11 Yesterday the Truite, horn Alexandria, which it lift the 1134 ()f April, comuianded by Litutstuuit Robillard, arrived in this pet, with fifty.-Aye paisitugur, Afty-unedwhena ai s T!irk.• 471)* tiens, or Arabs. These passengers have been landed at the Laza retto of this city. It was observed that three of these passengers were saluted by the Traits, which fired seven guns upon their getting on board the long-boat, while they were a abort distance from the vessel. All these . passengers, who being confined in the Lazaretto, will, for a long time, have no communication but with the officers of health, are recom mended to Metiers. Louis Odier Aubert, citizen of Geneva.— It is said there are among them three persons of distinc tion in the service IA the Pacha of Egypt, one of whom is a . Christian, who are come to France either to negociate a commer cial treaty, or to make a loan, the finances of Mehemet Ali not being in a flourishing• condition. It is known for certain that there are among the passengers forty young men, whom the French Government has sent for to receive their education." Lettere have been received this day from Vera Cruz, under date 25th March, (via New York,) by which we learn that the Pyramus Frigate would sail in the first week in April, for England. We have received a letter from a friend at the Cape of Good Hope, dated March 18, saying, that the Perseverance, private trader, was wrecked the Sunday previous, at four in the afternoon, on the Whale Ruck, fable Bay. The weather was fine, or all hands would have been lost, as no boats came till one o'clock next morning. Four of the passengers rowed the jolly-boat ashore with the ladies, but on returning they found eight feet water in the hold, and with diffi culty saved any part of their baggage, which was all damaged. THE FUNDS. Quarter past Twelve &Cloak. This morning the Consol Market opened at 79i, buyers ; the present price is 79k, buyers. Three per Cent. Console, 791, ; for Account, 79i, 3 ; 4 per Cant. Scrip, pm. ; India Bonds, 4 per Cent., 7,8, pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 8,9, pm. Palma* Fusns.—Austrian, 66i, ; Brazilian, 55, ; Buenos Ayres, 58, 60; Chilian, 42, 4; Colombian, 1822, 39i, 40i; Ditto, 1824, 423, ; Greek, 153 ; Portuguese, 73, 4 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent. 53, 4 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent. 62i, 3 ; Russian, 793, f. Mussa.—Anglo Mexican, 224, 174, die. ; Brazilian, 13, 11, Bolivar, 5,7, pm. ; Colombian, 44 5/. per share ; Pasco Peru vials, 104, 94, die. ; Tlalpoitahns, 5, 10, pin. ; United Mexican, 11, 4, die. • Mexican Company, 91, 4, dis. ; British Iron, 23, 1, dis. ; Welc h Iron and Coal, 15, 13, dia. Two o'cloch. Consols have been done at 794 1, and for money, 79 to 79. The Mexican and Columbian Stock have fell full 2 to 21 per cent., from the fear entertained, that there may le some irregu larity in the payment of the Dividends on these Securities ; they are at this hour rather better. Comola for Money, 79 to *; Ditto for account, 79a. ; New Scrip, pm. ; New Fours, NI, 9611; Reduced, 781 i; Co lombian, 41 to ; Mexican, 61i to 62. FALL OF MISSOLONGHI. We have been favoured by a Gentleman recently returned from Greece, with the following interesting circumstance, respecting the lull of Missolonghi, which event is said to have been occasioned by treachery. The Greeks having been reduced to the utmost ex tremity for provisions, called a Council of War, in which it was determined to make a sortie on the fol lowing morning, and cut their way through the Turkish lines. .There were two Turkish boys in the fortress, who were always looked upon as devoted to the cause of the besieged, and of course allowed to partake of their confidence. It happened, however next morning, when the Greeks were preparing to make the sortie, that one of the Turkish boys was missing. The guard at the gate had been partly neglected, and the boy effected his escape,— going over to the Turks. The Greeks felt themselves betrayed, but instead of making the sortie at once, before the Turks had time to he prepared, they unfortunately delayed their purpose till next morn ing, when all the garrison ' marched out to at tempt to cut their passage through the enemy.— It was a forlorn hope—the lurks were fully prepared to receive them, and a sanguinary conflict ensued in which the brave Greeks were repulsed, and, in their endeavours to regain the fortress the Turks entered along with them, fighting all the way. The melan choly result is too well known. The Turks were evacuating Wallachia and Mol davia in every direction. A rumour prevails in Constantinople that Lord Byron was poisoned. IMPROVEMENTS. The removal of Carlton House is at length folly determined upon. The following plan of the proposed alterations has received the Royal anent The present site of the building will be converted into an open ing nearly of the size of Waterloo-place, of which it will form a continuation, presenting, on the whole, an area of most imposing dimensions. On each side foot-paths will lead into the Park, but there will be NO CARRIAOR ROAD.' In the centre of the quadrangle an obelisk will be erected, and along the end, nearest the Park, there will be a terrace. At its angles there will be buildings, those nearest to Pall-null for the United Service and Athenaeum Clubs, end the others for the use of the Nobility. Between these buildings the sides of the quadrangle will open on the Palace Gardens, which will remain. . The view of the Abbey, Horst Guards, Parks, Sec. from Water loo-place, will be magnificent. The alterations will, it is expected, be completed by the autumn of 1827. Yesterday' Mr. Secretary Canning had an audience of his Majesty. On Wednesday. the Princess Victoria completed her seventh year, upon which occasion her Royal m other, the Duchess of Kent, took the Princess, with the Princess Feodore, and their attendants, from the King's Palace, Kensington, to Clare Mont, on a visit to her royal uncle, Pnnce Leopold, who gave a dejeuni in honour of the day, to which a select party were invited. The Duchess, the Princess, &c., re turned to the King's Palace, Kensington in the even ing. On the occasion of its being :he Princess's birth-day, her Royal Highness received a present of two remarkably small ponies, one seven and the other eight years of age ; an exact match in every respect, and of a mouse colour. They were presented to. the Princess by the Marchioness of Huntly, and are un derstood to be brought from the Highlands of Scot- land. Her Royal Highness also received presents from several other distinguirled personages. Thursday evening, the Duchess of h.ent honoured Covent-garden Theatre with her presence. To-morrow, being the first Sunday in Trinity Term, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, and Sheriffs, together with the Judges, will go in full state to St. Paul's Cathedral. • Mr. Secretary Canning had a select party to dinner on Thursday, at his residence in Downing - a treet. ErAccrioNs.—Mr. Croker has returner]. to -town, having, as it is stated, secured his rot= fol . Trinity College, Dublin. DIED.---On the 25th inst., in Upper Gower -meet , Mrs, Philippe, wife of Samuel March Phillippsi Esq . DIED. --At Chodntt, at the house of her son-in-law, Thema% Todd Walton, FAq. Elisabeth, wife of Tlunnas Todd, Esq. of Lanctunier, in the county of 'Dothan), and late of the Geneva Peat-offiec. HORRIBLE MURDER AT WINTON. BY EXPRESS. (Front the MANCHESTER GAZETTEE of THIS DAY,) Saturday, May 27. It has seldom fallen to our lot, as public Journalists, to record a murder of a more barbarous and sanguinary character than that which was perpetrated on Monday night last, at a small village called Winton, in the town-ship of Barton-upon Irwell, and within a short distance from Patrieroft Bridge, on the Liverpool road. The circumstances connected with it, are more horrible in their nature than those which attended the murder committed some years ago, by the Ashcrofts, at Mr. Littlewood's house, at Pendleton. It is fortunate, however, for the ends of public justice, that the murderers are known, and that in the event of their being taken, (and little doubt can be entertained upon the point,) the clearest and most positive evidence can he brought against one of them, (if not against both) and their conviction will be attended with no doubts in the public mind, as to the justice of their sentence. The melancholy facts we are about to detail, we gathered upon the spot, and from the mouths of in dividuals who had an opportunity of knowing the full particulars of the bloody deed. It appears, that about half--past six o'clock on the evening in question, two decently dressed men came to the door of a public-house, in Winton, known by the name of "The Jolly Carters," and kept by Mr. J►seph Blears. At this time, Tho me Valentine, Mr. Blears' ostler, • was sweeping the path at the front of the door. "Is your master at home :" asked one of the men. " No," replied the ostler, l ie i s not."—" when," inquired the man, "do you expect him to return ?" " I don't exactly know what time," said the ostler, "because he's gone to Manchester." The men then entered the house, and seated themselves on a sofa in the bar, in which was Mrs. Blears, the landlady, and of whom they asked several questions similar to those they had pitt to the ostler. They told her that they wished very much to see Mr. Blears, since they had not seen him for some time, and they wished to give him a treat. They sat some time without taking any liquor, but at length called for a bottle of cyder, and whilst they were drinking it, Mr. Blears, the landlord, carne in, having just arrived by the boat from Manchester. This was about eight o'clock. After depositing a bundle which he had with him in the kitchen, be went into the bar, when the taller of the men expressed great pleasure at seeing him, and shaking him by the hand, said, " Ah, Blears, I ant glad to see you ; you are welcome home. Sit down and take a glass of some thing ; what will you have?" " I don't mind," said Mr. Blears, " I think I'll have a glass of whiskey." His wife, Mrs. Blears, then produced three glasses of whiskey, and the party entered into conversation. Mr. Blears talked about his house, and observed that he would not take a farthing lees than 5001. for it, since he did not want money, for he had loot. in the house. He also talked about the establishment of an Orange Society in the house, which took place on the preceding Friday, when there was a pro cession of its members. He said, too, that a sick club was held in the house, and that its fonds were very ample. During this conversation, the men slyly poured the whiskey out of their glasses into hisglass, and in the heat of friendly conversation he kept sipping at his liquor, unconscious of the trick they were playing upon him. The taller of the men, after having put the contents of his glass into that of Blears, poured a little water into his, and drinking it up said, " Come, Blears, (tapping him on the shoulder), drink up, and we'll have another." Blears did so, and three glasses more were brought. The conversation still went on, and the same trick was played upon poor Blears, who was too arch taken up with his subject to notice it. Its effects, however, were very apparent, for before he had (as he supposed) drank his first glass, he be trayed symptoms of intoxication. On taking a hearty draught at hie second, he was almost choked ; he coughed violently, put his handkerchief to his mouth, and took up the water jug, but finding nothing in it, said to hie wife, (as well as he could speak for coughing), "Martha, give raceme more water." At length he felt a strong sensation of drowsiness, and eventually fell fast asleep On the sofa on which he sat What time this was cannot be ascertained. Mrs. Blears sat in the bar, end remarked, that on one occasion, on her return from the kitchen, whither she bad gone for something, oue of the men in question was in the act of pouring some whiskey into his mouth, upon which he partially raised his head, and appeared very angry at the liberty taken with him, but he immediately dropped his head, and afterwards re mained in a state of perfect insensibility, while the two men ap peered perfectly sober, and kept up a conversation with the landlady. It may not be here improper to state, that these men were brothers, and went by the name of Alexander M'Kean, or Keaud, and Michael M‘Keen, or Keand. The former (Alexander) was well-known to Mr. and Mrs Blears, and, indeed, to tife whole household, and for the last twelve months, had been in the custom of calling at the public-house in question on a Friday, once in three weeks, for the last eighteen months. Michael, however, in January last, in consequence of failures in his business, transferred the fur niture in his house in Byron-place, Parliament-street, Manchester, to hie brother Alexander, who afterwards was obliged to com promise with his creditors, and since that time, had not called so often at Mr. Blears'. Michael had never celled there ; at leaet the people in the house don't recollect having seen him. But to return :—ln the course of the evening Michael asked Mrs. Blears if they could be accommodated with a bed. " No," said Mrs. Blears, " we really have not a bed at liberty," " Why," said Michael, " yos see it is very late, and having a deal of money about us, we don't like to leave a public-house at this hour."— " Well," said Mrs. Blears, " I should be sorry that any thing should happen to you through your stopping at our house, and therefore if you will put up with the accommodation that I can afford you, you may stay." We omitted, however, to state, that on Mrs. Blears' saying that they could not Lave a bed, they whis pered together, and then went to the back door, and this circum stance, at the time, somewhat excited Mrs. Blears' suspicions, but the impression it made was gradually worn off by the apparent frank and free conduct of the parties. About half-past eleven o'clock, they asked if they could go to bed, " Yes, surely," said Mrs. Blearsi and calling to Elisabeth Bate, the only servant and perion in the house, with the exception of a little boy, named William Higgin, who had gone to bed soon after nine o'clock, besides her husband, said, " Betty, bring a candle, and show thee gentlemen to their room." Betty imme diately brought.* candle from the kitchen, and led the way up stairs, the men following her. The bar, in which Mrs. Blears sat, opens into a lobby, from which the stairs ascend on the oppo.. site side, at a little distance to the right of the bar door. The stairs lead into a spacious h ol di n g, ou the left of which there is a large room, extending the whole depth of the house, and is called the club-room. On the right are two bed rooms, and the back room, Which is over the kitchen, was th e one i n which these men were to have slept. There were two beds in this room, the farthest was rather a low one, w ithout curtains, and in this lay the little hey, William Higgins . At the foot of his b e d was an old fashioned chest of drawers, and on the floor be neath, were three warps, wrapped in brown paper. Betty took the men into this room, and placed. the candle iu the window, which is between the two beds. Alexander then, it appears, began to play with B e tty, an d put his arm round her neck, and the noise occasioned by the scuffle awakened the bo y , Higgins, who, look ing towards th e b o t tom o f his bed, saw Alexande r w ith hi s arm round Betty's neck, who kept saying, be quiet—have done—let me alone." The boy then saw Alexander put his arm round Betty's neck, and press her head backwards ; hut he thought nothing of this, inasmuch as he conceited that Alexander was Ca. deavouring to give her a kiss. His fears, however, were awaken ad by seeing the man draw sontething across her throat, and throw her down. The poor girl screamed murder, in a dismal tone of voice, and getting upon her knees , struggled violently to release herself from her murderer's grasp. The boy at this mo. mot lifted up his head from the bed, and saw poor Betty's neck and breast covered with blood. The man obherving the boy's motion, darted to thebed and pressed him down upon the pillow with his bloody hand. At this moment Betty raised herself, and ' was staggering out of the room, when the villain left the boy, and seized hold of his bleeding victim, whom he pressed against the door post of the bed room, and again plunged his murderous weapon in her throat. The boy, almost petrified with fear, rushed past them, and leaped over the railing of the stairs. The man made a grasp at him, but the boy, stooping down, evaded villains. Mrs. made his escape through the back door, pursued by both Mrs. Blears, hearing a horribie scream from Betty, snatched up the candle, and was proceeding to ascertain the cause of it, when, on passing through the bar door, her progress Was sud denly arrested by Michael M'Kean, who must have been sta tioned either on or at the bottom of the stairs, Ibr the boy did not see him in the bed room, who seized her by the throat, and struck her with a large knife, or, as the country people term it, a whittle. The blunt edge of the knife, however, glanced across her throat, and effected no particular injury. The villain, how ever, followed up his blow, and stabbed her in the forehead, but the bone repelled the instrument, and a violent struggle took place. At length he forcibly threw her down into the entrance of the tap room, and, with all his might, dashed the knifes into her face. The instrument glanced along the left cheek bone, and, penetrating be tween that and the upper jaw -bone, pasted into the back part of her mouth, to the extent of nearly five inches. The villain endeavoured to pull it out, but in the attempt, the handle came off, and at this moment the noise occasioned by the escape of the boy Higgins, and his pursuit by Alexander, it is sup posed alarmed him, and he fled through the hack door, and joined Alexander in the pursuit of the boy, who fortunately eluded them by creeping under a sort of gate which leads from the garden to the road, on the left of the house, and hiding himself in a ditch on the border of a field on the opposite side of the road. In the interim poor Mrs. Blears, who is nearly fifty years of age, and rather lusty, opened the front door, divested of her cap, and the knife sticking in her face, and ran to the next house, a distance of about 60 yards, culling out "murder, murder,---thieves." Mary Andrews, her niece, who lived at this house, opened her bed-room window, to ascertain the cause of the alarm, when she was inex pressibly shocked at seeing her aunt covered with blood, and a knife sticking in her face. The poor boy Who lay tumbling in the ditch, hearing Mrs. Blears' voice, ran from his hiding place, and joined in the cry of " murder." The houses in this neighbourhood are rather thinly scattered, and lie at some distance Lunn each other, but the alarm being ra pidly spread their : inhabitants were very soon assembled, and among them was Richard Bretton, the constable, who imme diately sent out the people in various directions in order to secure the murderers. In the mean time a messenger was dispatched for Mr. Garthide, the surgeon, who resides near Patricroft Bridge. Before his arrival, however, Richard Andrew, Nathan Mills, An drew Wilcock, and several other persons tried in vain to pull the knife out of Mrs. Blears' face. About half-past twelve Mr. Gat hide arrived, and endeavoured to extract the knife, but it resisted his most strenuous efforts. Ile even got upon a chair, in order to have a greater command over the instrument, and wrapping one of the women's aprons round that part of the knife which had fitted into the handle, pulled with all his force,but could not move it a single inch. At length his servant man tried, and with - very great difficulty succeeded in drawing it out. Having given the tieCeS the necessary directions with regard to Mrs. Blear* Dr. Gart bide hastened up stairs, in order to see if any life remained in Elizabeth Bates. He timid the unfortunate woman extendtai on the club-room floor, with her head near the door, and weltering in her blood. On examining this body, he found that her throat was cut from ear to ear, and the arteries and the windpipe com pletely divided—iu fact, her head was nearly cut off. There were also five or six frightful gashes, an inch and a half in length, on the lower part of the left cheek ; another on her chin, and several smaller ones about her face. The fingers of her left hind were nearly cut off-,--very probably from the un feeling and unmanly villain's having forcibly drawn the knife from her convulsive grasp. So bloody a scene had never been witnessed in this hitherto peaceful neighbourhood. At the foot of the bed in the room in which the murder was perpetrated there was u lake of blood. A bundle of warps, too, which lay there were also covered with blood, and on the chest of drawers was the imprint of a bloody hand---Very likely the poor girl's, which she had placed there to support herself as 40 was staggering out of the room. There was also a track of blood from the foot of the bed to the door, and across the landing into the club room opposite, and the poor girl's clothes were literally drenched with the eauguine stream. The blood track across the landing diverged towards the brink of the stairs, as if the victim of the merciless murderer had endeavoured to escape that way ; and the many stains of blood on the club-room door, and on the door cheek being in straight. and oblique lines, must lead to the supposition ' that there had been a mortal struggle on the part of the unfortunate girl to escape from the grasp of her destroyer. Whilst these horrid proceedings were going on, Mr. Blears lay on the sofa in the bar, completely seek in sleep and instal eibility. The- noise, however, occasioned by the cries of " murder," and the rushing in of the neighbours, at length aroused him. He arose, and saw his wife covered with blood— he was told that his servant had been murdered, and that but for the fortunate escape of, the boy, which diverted the villains from their purpose, he might also have been numbered with the dead. The .eirect produced upon his mind by these tidings was electrical. He instituted every inquiry as to the route which the murderers were supposed to have token, and hearing that two men of their description had been seen on the road to Warrington, he itaddled Lis horse about six o'clock in the morning, and started off in pursuit of them. In the mean while, Bretton, the constable of the village, set off to Manchester, and calling at the police-office, gave Mr. Lavender a brief account of what had taken place. Plans were speedily put in operation for the detection of the mur derers, and the strictest empiric* made as to who they were. It turned out that the notion that, after the commission of the mur der, they had taken the Liverpool road, was destroyed by the circumstance of an unhemmed silk handkerchief being found near a hedge, hi a field adjoining the shrubbery of Richard Hancock, Esq. which is contiguous to the back part of Mr. Blears' pre mises. The landlady died on Tuesday. THE LATE ACCIDENT. The following !questa were held yesterday at St. Thomas's Hospital, before Thos. Shelton, Esq., on the bodies of two of the unhappy persons whose dentin; were occasioned by the late melancholy accident at Mr. Mendslay's factory. The first case entered into was that of Samuel Booth. Mr. Thos. Hall, Three-cottage-place, Francii-street, Lambeth, carpenter, stated that on Wednesday lest about le o'clock, the de ceased was at work as a smith, at the top of the building, erecting on Mr. Mandelay'e factory for steam-engines, in the Westminster. road; he was in the act of chipping a piece of the cast-iron roof, when it fell in from a heighth of 34 feet, and the deceased with it. In the coninsiod that ensued the witness does not recollect seeing more of him, till he was brought to the Hospital. Witness was superintending on the building, and considered the accident occasioned by the metal' of which the roof was made not being properly composed as to material, the metal being east from the ore instead of front the, pig, and was too new. Juror—Do you consider the wall sufficient to bear the roof consider the accident occasioned by the iron breaking, through its imperfections, and not from ita weight ou the wall : the roof fail ing inwards, the upper parts of the wall were forced out by the pressure on the beams ono rafters. Iron roofs are but little heavier than wood. The district surveyor attended, and considered the walls perfectly safe. The same Wittiest then deposed in thu case of Edmund Lea, whom he stated to have been a labourer employed, at the time of the accident, in filling bags of shavings for the me of the men ►working upon the roof, to deaden the sound of the chipping of the iron, and was beneath it, on the ground•tloor, when it fell in; he saw him an hour and a half afterwards in the hospital. Dlr. Thomas Maudelay, engineer, gave iimilar evidence, ►with the addition that he saw both the deceased persons immediately after the accident, and assisted iu removing the iron end boards that had fallen on them, and conveying them to the hospital,.. The iron of the roof was cast in Staffordshire, in a blast furnace; it was of the weight of 50 tons; has known iron roofs lighter than wooden ones ; he considers the accident occasioned by the improper casting of the iron, and not from any misconstruction of the walls. Mr. T. H. Fowke, dresser to the hospital, yaw the deceased, Samuel Booth, when brought in; be was in a dying state, and expired within a few 'ninnies; examined the lima since ; the base of his skull was fractured, which was the cause of his death. Mr. Joseph Ricks attended Edmund Lee, on being brought in. His right thigh was fractured, as were several of his ribs on the same side; he complained of a pain in his back ; two of the prin cipal surgeons taw him, and every attention was paid ; he died at half past two this morning, of the hurts he received. A discussion of some length took place on the propriety of l o r pe as un p i u g; t a h :t ebo( ll,l lies without t:.by yth the e Coron co er nse ., n o t hee o r f ra th ri e ou rla i e th t a w t es itt w w hi u sh . a question not belonging to the Jury, their province king out to the muse of death alone. It was for the discretion of others, and he had no doubt the superintendents of the hospitals considered the course requisite for the emh of the inquiry. The Coroner then summe d l ip, and the Jury, after an absence of five minutes, re turned verdicts in both cases"--" That the detested met their deaths by the falling of a roof, but what occasioned its fall is not known; and a daotUnd of b." MEETING OP TIIE PRIVY COUNCIL...4Thu Dr i 4 Thir morning, at eleven o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council assembled at the Council Office, Whitehall-place, to hear appeals from decisions of the Commis sioners for Claims on Prance. The Lords present were, the Earl of Harrowby u Lord Presi dent, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Stowell, Lord Bexley, and Lord Colchester. After the opening of the Court, the Master of the Rens inti mated that their Lordships could not grant the prayer of the pe tition of the parties, who were shareholders in the Preach New East India Cotnpany, far a re-consideration of their former judg ment, affirming the rejection of the claims by the Commissioners. Their Lordships afterwards proceeded upon an appeal of M ews . Boyd, Ker, and Co., bankers in Paris, whose 'claim was heretofore rejected by the Commons, for the balance of a cash accuttrit dee to them by the late Duke of Luxembourgh, whose pro perty was confiscated by the Revolutionary Government of Prance. Their Lordships decided on a former occasion, that the claimants were entitled to indemnity, and a second award was accordingly made in their favour by the Commissioners; but in consequence of several sums being disallowed, and a question arising as to the rate of interest to be paid thereon, the appellants brought the case a second time before this Coon. Messrs. VousLasttuz and CARR, were heard on the part of Messrs. Boyd. The King's Advocate-Genetal and Mr. Tindal were heard an the pArt of the Commissioners, the latter of whom we left speak -1 ing as our Paper went to press. THE PRIESTS---HEA.D•POLICE OFFICE. This day informations were taken against Priest Young, for an assault committed upon a Gentleman who has the ma9,ement of a Sunday School at Harold's Cross. Ihe assault took place last Sabbath day, when his Reverence repaired Ex Officio to the School, for the purpose of diSpersing the children as sembled. We shall give a full Report in our next. Counsellor Brie made a pathetic appeal on behalf of Priest Young, alleging the disgrace it would be to take informations against a clergyman, but the magis trates were inexorable, and the parties were bound over to prosecute.--Dublin Evening Mail; May 24. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES CONCLUDED. LAST SAT, ritIDAY, MAY 26. The company to-day was far less numerous than yesterday, owing as much to the very unpropitious state of the weather, as to the Interest not being so great on the Oaks as the Derby. There were present on .the course their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of 'York and Gloucester ; Dukes of Grafton and Portland; and Lords Titchneld, Bentinrk, Dunwich, Lennox, Graham, &c. fet. TILE 041(1. The Oaks Stakes of ,60 sore. each, h. f. for fillies, Sat. 41b. (56 subscribers.) The owner of the se cood horse to receive 100 sous. out of the stakes. Last mile sad a half. Mr. Forth's b. I. by Interpreter (Daudizette) I Duke of Grafton's eh. f. Problem ' - g Duke of Grafton's Parapluit - - 0 Duke of Grafton's b. f. by Woful - 0 Lord Egremont's Mignionetto - - 0 Gen. Grosvenor's Tears - - 0 ' Mr. Grevilla's Racheel - 0 Duke of York's Elizabeth - - 0 Lord Jersey's Butterfly - 0 Mr. Forth's, by Interpreter, d. by D. Andrews 0 Mr. Yates's Little 80-peep - , . 0 Mr. Williamson's f. by Phantom - 0 Mr. Verses f. by Spectre - - 0 Mr. Green's Gentili& - - 0 Mr. Mytton's Louisa - - 0 Mr. Sedler's b. 'f. by Ruben, 4 • 0 11.3111114 IN rift/OWN. Even on Problem 25 to I sot Elizabeth 5i to 1 agst Tears 3 0 to I aget Gamiliu 8 to I aget Parapluie 30 to 1 aget porch's othex 11 to 1 apt Migntonette 40 to I agat liaoAel 10 to 1 eget Forth's (winner) 40 to 1 agst Louisa 20 to 1 aget Breeze It; to 1 ngst Butterfly 20 to 1 agst 80-prep __. Just before starting, Problem went back to 6 to 4 ; M i gnio. netts to 12 to 1 ; Tears half a point, Garailia 5 points, Raehael to b 0 to 1, Elizabeth to 50 to 1, Forth's to par, and Louisa b points ; Dandisette rising a point. About a quarter before three a beautiful start took place, after two or three false ones, when Problem went off with the lead, which she ktpt, making very steady running to Tattenhaner Corner, when up came Dandirette, followed by Butterfly and Forte's other filly. The race then became exceedingly interest ing; Dendizatte and Butterfly got even with Problem, and thus placed they went head to head, with Forth's other filly close at them, as hard as they could split, down the hill, and ea they continued to the distanto-post, when Daudizette shot a-head, and left the others no chance. Between the Butterfly and Problem a slashing struggle ensued, Tommy Lye on Dendizette keeping an easy front, and winning the Oaks easy by a length, and Problem the 100 son. Mr. Forth nets by this race for the stakes, 1,5001 4 and the Duke 1001. The Woodcut Park Stakes of 10 son. each, for threelroolds and upwards. Half mite. Mr. Alderson's Jacko (late Infelix) - I Mr. Mewed Conviction - 2 Lord Verulam's Heise - 0 Lord G. Lennox's ch. c. by Interpreter Mr. Pottit's Ileynard 6 to 4 agst Jacko--3 to 1 agst Conviction end Ileyuerd-4 to 1 eget Lord 0. Lennox. Won by a length cleverly. Replant rode by Holmes, fell in pulling up, but the rider was not much hurt. 4, Plate of 501. for all ages. The winner to be sold for '2OO eon. &g. Heats two miles. Mr. Pickford's hionimie - Mr. Scaith's Jack Bunce Mr. Coddertl's b. c. by Smolensk° - Mr. Whiteside 's brother to Antonio - Mr. Coleman's Linguist - Mr. Ilale's b. c. by Ruben. I ) 2 4 3 2 4 clr 3 des. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.-(Tarts DAY.) Potatoes, from es. to 7s. per cwt., which is aboutfrom Is. 10d. to 34. (3d. per Winchester bushel ; Cabbages, from ed. to Is. 6d. ; and Cauliflowers, from es. topic per dozen heads; llorse-radish, from Vs. to 4s. ; Asparagus, from It. to es. ; llrocoli, from 10d. to Br. ; and Celery, from le. to es. 6d. per bundle; Young Carrots, from 9r. to 18r. ; Young 'rumps, from 6s. to 9r. ; Onions, front I 11. to Its. Gd, ; and LeAtkr, from la. ro es. ticl. .per dozen bunches; Radishes, from 4d. to 9d. par dozen hands; Coss Lettuces, from Is. to ss. per -"re; SPinute s from 6d, to from ss. to 10*. per half sieve-about third of a bushel ; sound Oranges, front to 144. Od. ; and Lemons, from Od. to 1416 Od. per 100-or the former from 81. O s . t o 41. 10 r., the latter from SI. Os. to 41. Os. per chest of t wo b oxes ; S pa. ; G 000,4,1460% front Ss. to Os. ; and Green Curra n ts, nish , Chesnut's, front Hr. to 12s. ; French Chestnuts, from 56. to I Os. ; Spanish Ijudo Nuts, from ss. Od. to es. ; and French Walnuts, from 4s. to 10s. per peck ; New Potatoes, from (3d. wa ts, 04. ; and Cherries, ills. per pound ; forced Strawberries from 00. to ls. per thumb, about an ounce ; natural Strawber ries, from fis. to Os. per quart ; Green Pease, Os. per peak ; French Beans, from U. to ss, per 100. Most kinds of Vqr tables, Changes, and Lemons, were cheaper than on this day sennight, Greens so much so as not to command a quotation ; they were, for the most part, purchased for' a mere trtilit by thr sow-keepers. In Apples nothing appeared to be doing. Price. of dry fruit were nearly, or quite, stationary. A fortnight ago, when their prices. were a secret, Cherries were two guineas per pound, Green Pease four g, tines per peck, and Strawberries 4s. per ounce. Supply great, and trade, with wort things, dull. Sr. etkuas (At per load of $6 truant.) Co .01Aol Meadow lfay, from 31 . Oa , IR 41. N. ; Atte Upland Meadow and Rye Oro" Hay', 4L N. to al. 04.; Clover Han $l. 151. to 5/, 15s. i 004 ' illaw. ' ~,1 , 1 . 12 1 1. to 11. las. ; Wheat Straw, 1/. ifs. to ti. N. 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